Access denied (changing a Startup List item)

Tim Meddick wrote:

> Referring to what others have said here concerning XP Home's "neutered"
> feel when Home edition is compared to Pro edition. - I have found that in
> many cases, the feature or function was not absent or barred, but simply
> not enabled by default.
>
> I guess M$ don't think Mr Average is going to dig that deep to restore
> XP_Professional-edition-level-functionality.....
<snip>

Actually, from past reading (and redoing a Google search now), there is
a means of hacking the install of Windows Home so the Pro version gets
installed instead. That is, the Home and Pro install CDs have the same
content but which gets installed is some config issue (there's something
you can hack to make Home install as Pro). Use a Google search, like:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%2B"windows+xp+home"+%2Bpro+%2Binstall+cd +hack
to find:
http://www.technipages.com/hack-to-c...fessional.html

I haven't done this (since I have the Pro version) so I don't know if it
works and if you can use the product key from the Home version (i.e.,
the product you bought) or if you need to, ahem, "acquire" a product key
for the Pro version.

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"William Lurie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:iclp43$6pd$(E-Mail Removed)...
> While attempting to stop MSN Messenger from loading during startup, I
> uncheck it from Startup list and get "Access denied while attempting to
> change a service. You may need to log on using Administrator Account to
> make changes". Booting to Safe Mode and signing in as Administrator (and
> only user), I still get that message. I figure there must be a KB
> article on this..........

On Nov 25, 8:42*am, William Lurie <billu...@nospam.net> wrote:
> While attempting to stop MSN Messenger from loading during startup, I
> uncheck it from Startup list and get "Access denied while attempting to
> change a service. You may need to log on using Administrator Account to
> make changes". Booting to Safe Mode and signing in as Administrator (and
> only user), I still get that message. I figure there must be a KB
> article on this..........

See if these notes apply to your system:

If you are using msconfig and you see something along the lines of:

An Access Denied error was returned while attempting to change a
service. You may need to log on using an Administrator account to make
the specified changes.

If you now or have ever had an HP printer installed, the problem is
most likely the HPZ12 Service.

The msconfig changes seem to work, but the error message is annoying.

There is a possibility you will lose communications with your HP
printer if you want to prevent the error message. This may not be a
problem if you don't care about the communications or never use those
HP features.

You can also live with the message, knowing the changes really worked
or you can contact and ask HP and they will usually suggest
reinstalling Windows (these kinds of suggestions usually mean nobody
knows what to do!).

Depending on your comfort level with making system changes, here are
two solutions.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4531999_fix-...ror-using.html

http://pchell.com/support/msconfig_a...ed_error.shtml

There is no undo or quit without saving option in the registry editor.

Before making registry changes, backup your registry with this popular
free and easy to use tool:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/erunt.html

Remember, msconfig is not a startup manager. msconfig is a
troubleshooting tool. If you are using msconfig as a startup manager,
you are using the product in a way in which it was not designed to
work, so the problem may not be with XP...

Another possibility is to use some third party startup manager tools
to make your general configuration changes.